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GrowingGreen posted an update in the group
a week agoAsk a Grow Question Does anyone have a good silica brand?
paradise-indoors and GuppyGirl19 Comments-
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@GuppyGirl so I usually use TPS silica gold and love it. Recently a growmie just sent me this organic silica and volcanic ash pellets I just amended it to soil on my new grow so we shall see how it does. He swears by it. But again I love tps
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No personal experience but maybe try Silicium? It’s another product available on the phive8 website same people who do the new millenium.
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Silica Blast from Botanicare works great with other brands of nutrients and is very affordable!
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If you’re looking for something more expensive try out the Armadillo Armor from Cronk nutrients or Silicium from phive8
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Wollastonite W-20 vanisil. Or just waste your money on some advertising.
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I’m not the best grower but I think you should look for straight silicic acid. That’s what Scotty recommended
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Ive been eyeballing the trifecta myco. Does anyone have any insight on this particular product?
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@paradise-indoors haven’t heard of it is it a brand? And it has silica?
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@GrowingGreen Not silica and not relevant to this post. Recharge is a better microbe product anyways.
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I don’t personally smoke sand. But if I did, it would be mono silicic acid. https://urbanrootstampa.com/products/silicium
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@jmystro I’m a new grower any reason as to why you say that? I’m genuinely just curious, I don’t know much about it I thought It promoted stronger leaves more bug resistant plant mass. And a more resistant “immune” system? Or was it sarcasm 😂
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@GrowingGreen Silica is sand so it adds weight. Silica can help protect the plant by aiding calcium in strengthening cell walls that can minimally help against some bugs, a bad environment and such but that’s not something I personally need help with indoors. My plants don’t need assistance and like I said, I don’t smoke sand. 😜
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@jmystro dude are you serious lol, its a soluble form of silica, which builds cell walls, it’s sand when it’s not soluble, it’s a very good product to use, def recommend it, go for the cheaper stuff like cyco silica, dune is a high end acid stabilised version, if u got the bucks, best one to have, reg silica polymerizes within 72 hrs, u need to use it quickly (target is 17ppms of Si, from dr bugbee)) great video on silica: look for Silicon and silicates in hydroponics
channel: Science in Hydroponics1
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Here’s the real question, has any one ever actually seen a silicate deficiency? Seems like a marketing gimmick to take more growers money. I don’t know anyone that uses it or ever has needed to. $$$ and amendments and even love doesn’t grow these plants. Give them a good environment and let them grow, they’ll let you know what they need.
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@frogslayer It’s naturally found in the ground, right? At least some form or trace. Why could I not utilize this as well?
it’s not a deficiency I’m looking for but stronger cell walls and a more resistant plant.
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@frogslayer Silica is not an essential element so you’ll never see a deficiency as it’s never needed.
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